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From: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: AdvanBasic
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Date: 7 Apr 88 16:20:52 GMT
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Reply-To: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan)
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>"Holographic images? Well, if you put in a VBI to flip pages, and connected
> a pair of LCD glasses to the joystick port....."
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>No guys, I haven't done that. But would it be possible?
>(Those not familiar with the concept should see the Antic catalog,
>Atari ST section. The same scheme is also planned for television.)
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   I figure that this probably could be done, but thereis one problem: speed.
Before anyone freaks out on me, I know that swapping speed is no problem, but
to effectively run a 3D system you have to have the computer compute a 3D
image from two perspectives. It could be that the 6502 just can handle
that sort of thing in a reasonable amount of time. Sure, it would be no
pproblem to make a neat picture and show it in 3D, but for it to be worth the
money you would have to put into it, it should be able to do more.

					    Gary Duzan
					    Time  Lord
                                        Third Regeneration